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"本" Chinese-English Dictionary

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本 běn
Radical
木 (4 traits)
Number of strokes
5
Structure
superposition
HSK
HSK 1
Cangjie
DM 木一
Sijiao
5023.0
Wubi
SGD
GB 2312
B1BE
Big5
A5BB
Unicode
U+672C

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation
本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
本地 běn dì local / this locality syn
本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book syn
本人 běn rén I / me / myself / oneself / yourself / himself / herself / the person concerned syn
本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn
本身 běn shēn itself / in itself / per se syn
本周 本週 běn zhōu this week
本科 běn kē undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)
本月 běn yuè this month / the current month
本报 本報 běn bào this newspaper
本日 běn rì today
本质 本質 běn zhì essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality syn
本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn
本事 běn shi ability / skill syn
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
本市 běn shì this city / our city syn
本能 běn néng instinct
本着 本著 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle syn
本届 本屆 běn jiè current / this year
本本 běn běn notebook computer (diminutive) / laptop syn
本田 běn tián Honda (Japanese name)
本领 本領 běn lǐng skill / ability / capability / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
本色 běn shǎi natural color syn
本色 běn sè inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities syn
本期 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance)
本性 běn xìng natural instincts / nature / inherent quality syn
本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn
本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn
本应 本應 běn yīng should have / ought to have
本职 本職 běn zhí one's job syn
本意 běn yì original idea / real intention / etymon syn
本钱 本錢 běn qián capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth) syn
本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition syn
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
本金 běn jīn capital / principal syn
本溪 běn xī see 本溪市[Ben3xi1 Shi4]
本草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
本题 本題 běn tí the subject under discussion / the point at issue syn
本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name
本行 běn háng one's line / one's own profession syn
本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn
本息 běn xī principal and interest (on a loan)
本岛 本島 běn dǎo main island
本源 běn yuán origin / source syn
本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn
本纪 本紀 běn jì biographic sketch of an emperor
本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
本份 běn fèn one's duty
本台 本臺 běn tái this radio station
本乡 本鄉 běn xiāng home village / one's native place syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
基本 jī běn basic / fundamental / main / elementary syn
日本 rì běn Japan
版本 bǎn běn version / edition / release syn
根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
成本 chéng běn (manufacturing, production etc) costs syn
文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn
资本 資本 zī běn capital (economics) syn
原本 yuán běn originally / original syn
脚本 腳本 jiǎo běn script / screenplay / scenario / libretto / (computing) script syn
剧本 劇本 jù běn script / screenplay / scenario / libretto syn
开本 開本 kāi běn book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2liu4-kai1] is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开[kai1])
样本 樣本 yàng běn sample / specimen syn
副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance syn
课本 課本 kè běn textbook / CL:本[ben3] syn
书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) syn
标本 標本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
股本 gǔ běn capital stock / investment syn
范本 範本 fàn běn model (example worthy of being imitated) / template syn
小本 xiǎo běn small capital / on a shoestring
读本 讀本 dú běn reader / an instructional book syn
全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book) syn
治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn
山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
亏本 虧本 kuī běn to make a loss syn
草本 cǎo běn grass / herb
血本 xuè běn hard-earned capital syn
译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text)
赫本 hè běn Hepburn (name)
蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn

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